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All News Articles for 2019-09-27

Friday, September 27, 2019
	With Over 6 Million People Worldwide, Climate Strikes Largest Coordinated Global Uprising Since Iraq War Protests "The momentum is on our side and we are not going anywhere." Read more
	Citing 'Troubling' Refusal, House Democrats Subpoena Pompeo for Documents as Part of Trump Impeachment Inquiry "Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry." Read more
	'Unconscionable': Asylum-Seekers In Texas Detention Center Report Being Denied Cancer and Mental Health Treatment "It's only a matter of time before someone dies at Karnes," a facility where immigrant families are now being sent by ICE, one rights advocate said Read more
	200+ Groups Denounce UN-WEF Agreement That Entrenches Corporate Interests Driving Global 'Social and Environmental Crises' "It moves the world dangerously towards a privatized and undemocratic global governance." Read more
	"Turns Out 'Tough on Crime' Is Only for the Poor": Report Details Trump DOJ's Corporate-Friendly Record An analysis by Public Citizen shows prosecutions of corporations has plummeted to lowest level in decades. Read more
	As Climate Crisis Threatens to Put More Homes 'Literally Underwater,' Study Warns Big Banks Offloading Risky Mortgages Onto Taxpayers "This is insane," commented one climate campaigner. Read more
	'Off by $1 Trillion,' Say Progressives on Two-Year Anniversary of Mnuchin Claim Trump Tax Cuts Would Slash Deficit "Mnuchin's empty promise shows just how much the 2017 tax cuts for the rich were a scam on the American people." Read more
	Though Plenty of International Crimes and Misdemeanors Between Them, Even Former Bush and Obama Officials Condemn Trump on Ukraine Scandal If the allegations put forth are accurate, states a letter by national security pro, the president's action "would constitute an unconscionable abuse of power." Read more
	Bankers "Confirm Warren's Whole Worldview" by Saying They'll Donate to Trump to Defeat Anti-Wall Street Senator in 2020 "Wall Street continues to make campaign ads for Elizabeth Warren." Read more
	'Marvelously Massive' Turnout for New Wave of Global Climate Strikes In cities from Auckland to Rome to New Delhi, young people demand urgent action on the climate crisis. Read more
	Suggesting His Life in Danger, Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Claims He's the "Real Whistleblower" "If I get killed now, you won't get the rest of the story." Read more
	Progressives Decry Senate's Approval of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia as 'Absolute Betrayal to the American Worker' "Scalia will undoubtedly be yet another stooge for rich and powerful interests at the very agency designed to curb that influence." Read more
	As Video of Trump Threat Surfaces, Advocates Say NYT Guilty of Putting "Target on Whistleblower's Back" "This has a very chilling effect on anyone who is even thinking of blowing the whistle and thinking of doing so through the proper channels." Read more
	'History Will Judge Us Harshly': Horror and Outrage as Trump Slashes Refugee Cap to Record Low "There are truly no words that can describe how insidious and deleterious this is," said one Arizona lawmaker Read more